''Leave to Remain'' is the sixth studio album by
Kathryn Williams
Kathryn Williams (born 15 February 1974, Liverpool, England) is an English singer-songwriter who to date has released 14 studio albums, written and arranged for a multitude of artists, and was nominated for the 2000 Mercury Music Prize.
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released on CAW Records on 1 October 2006. It was her first to feature
Kate St John
Kate St John (born October 2, 1957) is an English composer, arranger, producer and multi-instrumentalist. Classically trained on oboe, she gained a music degree at City University London. Her first band was The Ravishing Beauties with Virginia As ...
who would produce her next solo album, ''The Quickening'', in 2010.
The track 'Stevie' on the album refers to the poet and novelist
Stevie Smith with its chorus echoing the title of her poem '
Not Waving But Drowning' . The song premiered at 'The Beat Goes On' at the Royal Albert Hall in 2005, an event to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1965
International Poetry Incarnation
The International Poetry Incarnation was an event at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 11 June 1965.
Background
In May 1965, Allen Ginsberg arrived at Better Books, an independent bookstore in London's Charing Cross Road, and offered to read an ...
at the same venue
''Drowned In Sound'' suggested the album "is captivating, even if it's not all that it could be" with ''Popmatters'' review concluding that it's "an album that is extremely hard to get out of one's head indeed". and ''The Guardian'' chiming 'both beautiful and intense, her best album yet'
Track listing
# "Blue onto You" - 2:02
# "Let It Happen" - 3:35
# "Sustain Pedal" - 2:56
# "Stevie" - 3:03
# "Sandy L" - 3:53
# "When" - 3:52
# "Glass Bottom Boat" - 4:44
# "Hollow" - 3:31
# "Opened" - 2:27
# "Room in My Head" - 4:39
Personnel
* Kathryn Williams – Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Percussion & Backing Vocals
* Laura Reid – Cello, Piano, Glockenspiel & Backing Vocals
*
Kate St John
Kate St John (born October 2, 1957) is an English composer, arranger, producer and multi-instrumentalist. Classically trained on oboe, she gained a music degree at City University London. Her first band was The Ravishing Beauties with Virginia As ...
– Oboe
* David Scott - Guitar
* Johnny Bridgwood – Double Bass
* Nell Catchpole – Viola
* Julia Singleton – Violin
* Stephen Morris – Violin
* Tim Weller – Drums
* Keith Morris – Bass Clarinet
* Peter Whyman – Clarinet
* Graham Hardy – Fluegelhorn & Trumpet
* Marcus Bates – French Horn
* Steve Honest – Pedal Steel Guitar
* Alex Tustin – Percussion
* Brendan Murphy – Vibraphone
Recording details
* Kate St John – String, Woodwind, French Horn arrangements & backing vocals
* Produced by Darius Kedros & Kathryn Williams
* Management – Alan McGee, Creation Management
* Mastered by Kevin Metcalfe
References
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2006 albums
Kathryn Williams albums